Still no session of the European Parliament, misunderstanding of Alsatian elected officials



Drawing. The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. on 09 18 2008 – G. VARELA / 20 MINUTES

MEPs are definitely having trouble finding their way back to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Its President, David Sassoli, announced Tuesday to group presidents his decision to cancel, once again, the plenary session scheduled for Strasbourg from April 26 to 30, due to sanitary conditions. It will be held at a distance, from Brussels. Remember that there has not been a single session since February 2020 in Strasbourg …

What anger once again several Alsatian elected officials. “France is no longer respected by the European institutions”, declared in a press release Frédéric Bierry, the president of the European Collectivity of Alsace (CEA). The latter, “very recovered”, even explains that “the return of sessions in Strasbourg until the start of September seems compromised”. He criticizes the administration of the European Parliament for “doing everything possible to ensure that this return does not happen”. He also alerted the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, to “these decisions which are no longer even discussed” … “It now seems obvious that the health crisis is an excuse for holding plenary sessions in Brussels. “

Maybe May 9

Same feeling with the MEP Fabienne Keller who, in a press release also, judges that the holding of this session remotely from the Strasbourg headquarters was possible. “Everything is ready to welcome the deputies and I regret that the decision-making bodies of the European Parliament do not take this into account”. For her part, Mayor Jeanne Barseghian also had an exchange with Secretary General Klaus Welle on Tuesday. She was able to confirm to him that “the city of Strasbourg was ready to host the plenary sessions of the European Parliament, both from the point of view of the capacity to test and to vaccinate, but also of hotel capacities. “

Little hope, however, of seeing MEPs again soon on the benches of the European capital, with the date of May 9. Launch day of the Conference on the Future of Europe in Strasbourg. Jeanne Barseghian also spoke on this subject on Wednesday by videoconference with President David Sassoli. A president whom she thanked once again for her “strong and continuous commitment” in favor of the return of plenary sessions in the Alsatian capital.



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